The Meditation on the Passion, Vittore Carpaccio, ca. 1490
The Meditation on the Passion, ca. 1490, Oil and tempera on wood, Overall 27 3/4 x 34 1/8in. ( x ); painted surface 26 3/16 × 33 1/4 in. ( × cm), Paintings, Vittore Carpaccio (Italian, Venice 1460/66?–1525/26 Venice), This extraordinary work by Carpaccio is a landmark in the history of devotional images. It is, in effect, a meditation on the theme of Death and Resurrection. To the right, the Old Testament figure Job sits on a block inscribed in pseudo-Hebrew, while on the left, portrayed as a hermit, is Saint Jerome (ca
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